Practice 1: Dissemination Of Information
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign helps to build individual and community awareness of youth violence and publicizes specific prevention strategies to address this. Through activities designed by the campaign sponsors, a massive media campaign throughout the country, and the establishment of community roundtables, this initiative brings violence prevention strategies to students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public.

Practice 2: Prevention Education
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign provides educational opportunities through classroom discussions, school assemblies, guest speakers, community awareness workshops, and special events to promote specific violence prevention strategies and community involvement.

Practice 3: Alternatives
Through the Unite In Action Day, the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign supports alternative activities that help prevent risky behaviors by youth. Constructive and healthy service activities develop a positive sense of community and build empathy, which reduces the potential for violence.

Practice 4: Problem Identification And Referral
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign provides opportunities for problem identification and referral through student/parent/staff participation in campaign activities and through the identification of resources available at school and in the community.

Practice 5: Community-Based Process
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign is an effective community-based process since it involves local campaign coalitions and roundtables that practice systematic planning, multi-agency coordination and collaboration, and community team-building.

Practice 6: Environmental Changes
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign encourages citizens to get involved in promoting environmental changes within their community. Students themselves can participate in media awareness campaigns, coordinate in-school violence prevention conferences, and engage the community to participate in local roundtables.

Practice 7: Communication
The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign serves to open the doors of communication between all sectors of the community wheel.

By making The National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign a part of your year-round violence prevention program, you have employed a powerful tool that can energize your efforts. It is not a program in itself. But, when coupled with a comprehensive, proactive prevention program that develops positive personal attributes, eliminates behavioral risk, and creates environments that promote the health, safety and well-being of people, its value is significant.